After 20 years as an English football referee, Anthony Taylor will not be involved at the start of the upcoming season.
The 47-year-old took charge of as many as 668 matches in England, taking charge of every domestic final and as many as 163 internationals.
If he was a player, he would undoubtedly be considered a legend.
Referees rarely receive that sort of praise but there is no doubt that Taylor's sudden departure from the English game will be felt.
And it was sudden, Taylor was the man in the middle of Spain's 1-0 win over Portugal in the World Cup round of 16 match.
That was on July 6 but he decided to step away from returning to the English game with pressure, scrutiny and the overwhelming external opinion all becoming too much.
Anthony Taylor took charge of Spain's clash with Portugal at the World Cup. James Gill - Danehouse/Getty Images He told BBC Sport "Any referee will be lying to you if they said that pressure or that scrutiny did not bother them, because that's a natural human reaction.
"One of the challenges that referees face at every level is actually understanding the challenges that we face.
"Fear of making mistakes, external opinion, spectators, managers, parents, media, colleagues.
"All these things feed into creating self-doubt, lacking confidence, and then things can spiral out of control and you lose the ability to actually have any confidence in what you're doing on the field."
Taylor made the decision to leave refereeing and take on a completely different role as director of elite refereeing for the Turkish Football Federation.
A key reason for that was that he felt he was ready, both mentally and physically ready to step away from being in the centre of the field and also to take on a new challenge.
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"Everybody will experience times where dealing with that environment for a long period of time, your energy levels would dip," he added.
"That then starts to impact on motivation and your actual confidence. It goes back to the confidence again of, 'I've got to go again, make sure I don't make a mistake, still want to get to this tournament or have this match.' It's a very real feeling that everybody would go through.